| Gran Asunción | |
| Official Name: | Greater Asunción |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | ---- |
| Subdivision Type1: | Major Cities |
| Subdivision Name1: | Asunción San Lorenzo Luque Capiatá Lambaré Fernando de la Mora |
| Population Metro: | 2,722,668 |
| Area Metro Km2: | 2,582 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Density Metro Km2: | 1054 |
Greater Asunción (Spanish; Castilian: Gran Asunción) is the metropolitan area of the capital city of Paraguay, Asunción.[1]
It consists of twenty cities: Asunción itself, the capital, and the surrounding cities in Central Department. One in three Paraguayans live in this metropolitan area, which has more than 2.7 million inhabitants.
| N° | City | Department | Area | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asunción | Distrito Capital | 117 | 521 559 | |
| 2 | 152 | 281 719 | |||
| 3 | 56 | 258 919 | |||
| 4 | 88 | 240 950 | |||
| 5 | 27 | 182 689 | |||
| 6 | 20 | 180 186 | |||
| 7 | 110 | 150 566 | |||
| 8 | 29 | 144 106 | |||
| 9 | 126 | 112 162 | |||
| 10 | 40 | 105 789 | |||
| 11 | Itá | 182 | 82 032 | ||
| 12 | 18 | 81 223 | |||
| 13 | 114 | 77 652 | |||
| 14 | 23 | 69 976 | |||
| 15 | Ypané | 53 | 56 793 | ||
| 16 | Saldívar | 32 | 55 055 | ||
| 17 | Villeta | 868 | 41 235 | ||
| 18 | Guarambaré | 30 | 39 084 | ||
| 19 | Ypacaraí | 111 | 28 283 | ||
| 20 | Nueva Italia | 386 | 12 690 | ||
| Total | 2582 | 2 722 668 |
The Silvio Pettirossi International Airport in Luque connects this metropolitan area with other American and European destinations.